Mop.



c. A. CHANNELL.

MOP.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19. 1916.

Patented Jan. 29, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET C. A. CHANNELL.

MOP.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19. I916- lPatented. Jan 29,1918..

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COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

MOP.

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Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Jan, 29, int,

mriginal application filed September 24, 1913, Serial No. 791,519. Divided and this application filed January 19, 1916. Serial No. 72,937.

, part of this specification.

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This invention relates to improvements in. mops, and constitutes a division of my application for patent for dust mop heads,

'tilcd September 24th, 1913, Serial No.

In the use of mops, it frequently becomes necessary to replace or remove the mop fabric from. the mop head, and since the same is usually saturated with oil, it is desirable to handle the same as little as possible in attaching or removing the mop fabric from the mop head. 1

This invention relates to an improved means for attaching the mop fabric to the mop head, wherein the mop head is pro vided with a locking lever, facilitating the attachment of the niop fabric thereto, and improving the operation and construction of the device in other respects.

It is an object of this invention to provide a. mop head adaptedto support and rein force the mop fabric along the entire length.

' thereof and provided with quick attaching and. detaching means.

It is also an object of this inventionto provide a mop head having a continuous grooved flange, adapted to assure positive retainment of the'mop fabric thereupon in proper extended relation, and affording a pivoted lever for tightening and locking the engaging means of the mop fabric on the inop head. 1 I

It is a further object'of this inventionto provide a. mop head with a grooved flange, one section of which is pivoted and slotted to receive the extremity of an attaching wire engaged therein to look a mop fabric on the mop head in the grooved mange.

It is furthermore an object of this inventlon to provide a mop head having a grooved LES A. CHANNELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, .AS'SIGNOR T0 CHANNELL GHEMTCAL flange which extends almost completely ,f

around the head and the ends of which ter-= minate a short distance from one another and are apertured in such a manner that one end of a wire or rod may be engaged in one of the same and a pivoted locking member having the other end of the wire or rod secured thereto may be engaged in the other so that the free end of said locking member may be swung up from the adjacent end of the flange, and secured in position against 7 the face of said flange, and thereby draw the wire firmly about the grooved flange.

It is finally an object of this invention to provide a device of durable construction which may be readily stamped from sheet metal and which affords quick attachment and locking means for a mop fabric.

The invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described. 7

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the mop head showing the mop fabric in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a central section taken therethrough on line 2--2 of Fig. l, and showing the handle attached.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail view in top elevation showing the locking and retaining elements in release position.

Fig, 4 is a fragmentary view showing the gap-in the retaining flange of the mop head for the reception of a locking member.

Fi g. 5 is a fragmentary view shown partly in section illustrating the projecting members which engage the mop fabric.

Fig. 6 is an edge of one end of the mop head flange, terminating at the gap.

Fig. 7 is a section taken on line 7-7 of Fig. 2. V

Fi 8 is a front elevation of the locking member ada )ted to extend across the gap lid . nating short distance from one another, to

1 afford a gap for the reception of the attaching or locking member 3. V p 7 The attaching or locking member 3, comprises a strip of metal provlded with a rela- V tively narrow ofl'set end 4:, adapted to be inserted through the aperture 5, in one of the ends. of the grooved flange2, and having its 7 'oppositeend 6,'bent to conform to the curvature of the flange and of a length to permit the same to be swung over the adjacent end of said flange and to be firmly engaged againstthe innerLface of the same.

The mop: fabric comprises a plurality of fabricstrands 7,:wh1ch are looped over at their middle and secured within a 'labric covering band 8, thus affording an annular recess 9', through which is inserted a resilient steel wire or rod 10. Said wire 10', is hooked over ateach of its ends 11 and 12, respectively, the end .12, adapted to extend through the aperture-13, in one of the ends of the flange, and the end 11,.through one of the apertures 14, in said locking member.

The bot-tomportion 1, of the mop head, is struck upwardly .to aflord slightly raised sidewalls 15, and as shown in Fig: 7, the

walls thus formed are slotted or apertured to receive the integral downwardly extending-and laterally turned ears ofthe cover plate 17,0f the handle socketto hold: the same in'register over the upwardly struck portions of the bottom 1. Saidcover plate as shown,comprises a plate of metal which is stamped or struck to afford a curved portion, and downwardly depending flan'ges ls,

which are sofo rmed that when the plate is I V secured to the bottom 1, by means of the 7 cars 16, as-has been described, sald curved portion will extend obliquely upward from the bottom plate, as shown inFigs'. 1 and 2.

same is secured in'position.

Apertures or slots 19, are provided in the cover plate at a point intermediate the curved portion and the depending-flanges [.45

18, agn'das shown; in Figs. 1, 2 and 7, a plate 20, is rigidly secured in position beneath the curved portion of the cover plate 17, by means of" integral ears 21, on the same which extend through the apertures or slots 19, and secure said members in rigid relation to receive a-handle 22, therein. The botthrough the recess 9, in the mop fabric, and the band 8, of the mop is clamped into the groove of the flange 2, and engaged at the sharp points 24, by means of the wire 10, with the end 12', thereof engaged in the aperture 13, in one end of said flange 2, near the gap. The end 11, of the wire is then engaged in one of the apertures 14, in the locking member 3, as shown in Fig. 3.

The member 3', is then turned on the off set end 1', engaged in aperture 5, of one of the ends of the flange 2, as a fulcrum point and over the extremity of the walls, on the opposite side of said gap, and then downwardly. It is obvious that the pivotal movement-of the locking member 3, about the fulcrum point, will draw the end 11, of the wire circumferentially and inwardly thus tightening the wire around the flange 2 to effectual-1y secure the mop fabric thereon. One of the members 17 and 2O, aifording the engaging means for the handle 22, is stamped to afford threads whereby said handle ma} be threaded therein. When it is desired to cl'eanthe mop fabric, the free end of the locking member 3, is raised upwardly and V permitted to swing outwardly, thereby releasing end 11 of the wire 10, and permitting the mop fabric to be detached from the grooved flange wall 2, and the mop fabric may then be washed and cleaned or replaced by a new one, as desired.

I am aware'that' various" details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and I therefore do not" purpose limiting the patent granted otherwise than necessitated by the prior art I. claim as my invention:

1. In a' device of the class described, a mop head, comprising a flat plate provided with a grooved peripheral flange having a plurality of apertures therein, a mop fabric and clamping means engaged in said apertures to hold said mop fabric clamped inpositionin the groove in said flange.

In adevice of the class described, a mop head, having a grooved flange extending the'rearound the ends of which terminate a short distance from one another, each end having an aperture therein, a rod a da pted to secure a mop fabric to the flange and having one end en'gaging within one of the apertures of said flange, and an apertured locking member with which the other end of said rod engages, said locking member being offset at one end to engage within the other aperture of said flange.

3. Ina device of the class described, a sheet metal m'op head stamped to provide a bottom and an outwardly grooved flange extending therearound, said flange having a. plurality of apertures therein, a socket cover plate attached on said bottom, a plurality of projecting pointed members on said flange adapted to firmly engage the mop fabric to prevent its displacement, a rod engaged Within the mop fabric and in one of said apertures, and a locking member pivotally engaged in the other of said aper tures of said flange, and connected to sand int rod to tighten and lock the rod and the mop fabric into said grooved flange.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES A. CHANNELL.

Witnesses:

LAWRENCE Rnnzs'mm, EARL M. HARDINE.

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